1973-74 • Franchise

1973-74 Winnipeg Jets

Record: 34-39-5, 73 pts
Finish: 4th, West
Playoffs: Lost in first round to Houston
Coach: Bobby Hull (30-33-5), Nick Mickoski (4-6-0)

Game Log ... (@ away game, * overtime)

no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga	no.	Date	Opponent	Score		w-l-t	pts	gf-ga
1.	Oct 10	@ Vancouver	*3-4	L	0-1-0	0	3-4	40.	Jan 1	@ Edmonton	*4-3	W	18-18-4	40	132-138
2.	Oct 12	@ Edmonton	4-6	L	0-2-0	0	7-10	41.	Jan 4	New England	3-4	L	18-19-4	40	135-142
3.	Oct 14	Vancouver	6-3	W	1-2-0	2	13-13	42.	Jan 6	@ Houston	1-7	L	18-20-4	40	136-149
4.	Oct 17	@ New England	3-1	W	2-2-0	4	16-14	43.	Jan 8	@ Los Angeles	1-4	L	18-21-4	40	137-153
5.	Oct 18	@ New York	6-1	W	3-2-0	6	22-15	44.	Jan 9	@ Vancouver	6-4	W	19-21-4	42	143-157
6.	Oct 21	Minnesota	*2-1	W	4-2-0	8	24-16	45.	Jan 11	Edmonton	7-4	W	20-21-4	44	150-161
7.	Oct 26	Toronto	3-3	T	4-2-1	9	27-19	46.	Jan 13	Chicago	3-1	W	21-21-4	46	153-162
8.	Oct 27	@ Minnesota	2-5	L	4-3-1	9	29-24	47.	Jan 18	Cleveland	7-3	W	22-21-4	48	160-165
9.	Oct 30	@ Chicago	1-4	L	4-4-1	9	30-28	48.	Jan 20	Jersey	9-3	W	23-21-4	50	169-168
10.	Oct 31	@ Cleveland	4-6	L	4-5-1	9	34-34	49.	Jan 25	@ Edmonton	4-3	W	24-21-4	52	173-171
11.	Nov 2	New York	3-1	W	5-5-1	11	37-35	50.	Jan 27	@ Minnesota	2-12	L	24-22-4	52	175-183
12.	Nov 4	Quebec	8-2	W	6-5-1	13	45-37	51.	Feb 1	Los Angeles	4-0	W	25-22-4	54	179-183
13.	Nov 6	@ Quebec	2-2	T	6-5-2	14	47-39	52.	Feb 3	Chicago	4-2	W	26-22-4	56	183-185
14.	Nov 7	@ New England	2-9	L	6-6-2	14	49-48	53.	Feb 5	@ Chicago	1-3	L	26-23-4	56	184-188
15.	Nov 10	@ Cleveland	2-4	L	6-7-2	14	51-52	54.	Feb 8	Minnesota	3-4	L	26-24-4	56	187-192
16.	Nov 11	Los Angeles	6-2	W	7-7-2	16	57-54	55.	Feb 10	Houston	2-2	T	26-24-5	57	189-194
17.	Nov 13	@ Vancouver	3-5	L	7-8-2	16	60-59	56.	Feb 11	@ Los Angeles	4-2	W	27-24-5	59	193-196
18.	Nov 16	Edmonton	3-1	W	8-8-2	18	63-60	57.	Feb 13	@ Houston	1-5	L	27-25-5	59	194-201
19.	Nov 18	@ Toronto	2-6	L	8-9-2	18	65-66	58.	Feb 15	@ Minnesota	1-7	L	27-26-5	59	195-208
20.	Nov 21	Cleveland	6-2	W	9-9-2	20	71-68	59.	Feb 17	New England	*2-3	L	27-27-5	59	197-211
21.	Nov 23	Vancouver	*3-4	L	9-10-2	20	74-72	60.	Feb 20	@ Edmonton	1-4	L	27-28-5	59	198-215
22.	Nov 25	@ Minnesota	3-5	L	9-11-2	20	77-77	61.	Feb 22	Toronto	4-3	W	28-28-5	61	202-218
23.	Nov 27	@ Los Angeles	*4-5	L	9-12-2	20	81-82	62.	Feb 24	Chicago	3-1	W	29-28-5	63	205-219
24.	Nov 28	@ Houston	4-4	T	9-12-3	21	85-86	63.	Feb 26	@ Quebec	1-7	L	29-29-5	63	206-226
25.	Nov 30	Los Angeles	2-5	L	9-13-3	21	87-91	64.	Feb 28	@ Toronto	0-3	L	29-30-5	63	206-229
26.	Dec 2	Quebec	5-3	W	10-13-3	23	92-94	65.	Mar 1	Minnesota	0-4	L	29-31-5	63	206-233
27.	Dec 5	Edmonton	3-1	W	11-13-3	25	95-95	66.	Mar 3	Quebec	8-6	W	30-31-5	65	214-239
28.	Dec 7	Toronto	7-4	W	12-13-3	27	102-99	67.	Mar 8	Cleveland	1-4	L	30-32-5	65	215-243
29.	Dec 9	Jersey	3-1	W	13-13-3	29	105-100	68.	Mar 9	@ Chicago	*4-5	L	30-33-5	65	219-248
30.	Dec 12	Houston	2-3	L	13-14-3	29	107-103	69.	Mar 11	@ Jersey	2-10	L	30-34-5	65	221-258
31.	Dec 14	Los Angeles	1-0	W	14-14-3	31	108-103	70.	Mar 13	@ Cleveland	3-4	L	30-35-5	65	224-262
32.	Dec 16	Minnesota	2-3	L	14-15-3	31	110-106	71.	Mar 15	Vancouver	7-5	W	31-35-5	67	231-267
33.	Dec 18	@ Chicago	3-3	T	14-15-4	32	113-109	72.	Mar 17	New England	10-1	W	32-35-5	69	241-268
34.	Dec 19	@ Houston	0-10	L	14-16-4	32	113-119	73.	Mar 22	Houston	2-4	L	32-36-5	69	243-272
35.	Dec 22	@ New England	2-0	W	15-16-4	34	115-119	74.	Mar 24	@ Los Angeles	3-6	L	32-37-5	69	246-278
36.	Dec 23	@ Jersey	3-6	L	15-17-4	34	118-125	75.	Mar 29	Houston	7-5	W	33-37-5	71	253-283
37.	Dec 26	Chicago	4-2	W	16-17-4	36	122-127	76.	Mar 31	Vancouver	*4-3	W	34-37-5	71	257-286
38.	Dec 29	@ Quebec	4-3	W	17-17-4	38	126-130	77.	Apr 3	Edmonton	*5-6	L	34-38-5	71	262-292
39.	Dec 30	@ Toronto	2-5	L	17-18-4	38	128-135	78.	Apr 4	@ Vancouver	2-4	L	34-39-5	71	264-296

Player Scoring

pos.	#	Player	gp	g	a	pts	pim	ppg	shg	gp	g	a	pts	pim
D	3	Ash, Bob	60	2	18	20	30	0	0	4	0	1	1	2
D	21	Asmundson, Duke	72	5	14	19	85	0	0	4	0	1	1	2
RW	11	Beaudin, Norm	74	27	28	55	8	5	0	4	3	1	4	2
RW	19	Black, Milt	47	6	9	15	14	0	0	4	1	1	2	0
G	27	Blum, Frank	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	0	0
C	7	Bordeleau, Christian	75	26	49	75	22	5	1	3	3	2	5	0
G	1	Daley, Joe	41	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
RW	16	Gratton, Jean-Guy	68	12	21	33	13	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
D	6	Hargreaves, Jim	53	1	4	5	50	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
LW	8	Hargreaves, Ted	74	7	12	19	15	0	2	4	0	1	1	10
G	28	Holden, Bill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	5	Hornung, Larry	51	4	19	23	18	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
C	25	Huck, Fran	74	26	48	74	68	2	2	4	0	0	0	2
LW	9	Hull, Bobby	75	53	42	95	38	9	1	4	1	1	2	4
C	17	Johnson, Dan	78	16	21	37	20	2	0	4	1	0	1	5
LW	14	McDonald, Ab	70	12	17	29	8	2	0	4	0	1	1	2
RW	24	Pratt, Kelly	46	4	6	10	50	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
C	15	Rizzuto, Garth	41	3	4	7	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
LW	12	Rousseau, Dunc	60	10	8	18	39	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
RW	20	Snell, Ron	70	24	25	49	32	5	0	4	0	0	0	0
C	22	Spring, Dan	66	8	16	24	8	1	0	4	0	1	1	0
D	10	Stephanson, Ken	29	0	7	7	74	0	0	3	0	2	2	10
C	10/27	Sutherland, Bill	12	4	5	9	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
C	12/18	Swenson, Cal	25	5	4	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
G	30	Wakely, Ernie	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
D	2	Woytowich, Bob	72	6	28	34	43	1	0	4	0	0	0	0
D	4	Zanussi, Joe	76	3	22	25	53	0	0	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Goaltender	gp	min	ga	en	so	w-l-t	gaa	sog	sv%	gp	min	ga	w-l	gaa
Blum, Frank	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	120	15	0-2	7.50
Daley, Joe	41	2454	163	4	0	19-20-1	3.99	1402	0.884	2	119	8	0-2	4.03
Holden, Bill	1	60	4	0	0	0-1-0	4.00	28	0.857	-	-	-	-	-
Wakely, Ernie	37	2254	123	2	3	15-18-4	3.27	1184	0.896	-	-	-	-	-

Transactions

• Ron Snell signed to contract, Jun 1973
• Dan Spring signed to contract, Jul 1973
• Bill Holden loaned to Winnipeg from Toronto under emergency conditions, Apr 1974
• Frank Blum loaned to Winnipeg from Toronto under emergency conditions, Apr 1974

Splits versus opposing teams, home and away, and by month

opponent	overall	gf-ga	home	gf-ga	away	gf-ga
Chicago	4-3-1	23-21	4-0-0	14-6	0-3-1	9-15
Cleveland	2-4-0	23-23	2-1-0	14-9	0-3-0	9-14
Edmonton	5-3-0	31-28	3-1-0	18-12	2-2-0	13-16
Houston	1-5-2	19-40	1-2-1	13-14	0-3-1	6-26
Los Angeles	4-4-0	25-24	3-1-0	13-7	1-3-0	12-17
Minnesota	1-7-0	15-41	1-3-0	7-12	0-4-0	8-29
New England	3-3-0	22-18	1-2-0	15-8	2-1-0	7-10
New York-Jersey	4-2-0	26-22	3-0-0	15-5	1-2-0	11-17
Quebec	4-1-1	28-23	3-0-0	21-11	1-1-1	7-12
Toronto	2-3-1	18-24	2-0-1	14-10	0-3-0	4-14
Vancouver	4-4-0	34-32	3-1-0	20-15	1-3-0	14-17
October	4-5-1	34-34	2-0-1	11-7	2-5-0	23-27
November	5-8-2	53-57	5-2-0	31-17	0-6-2	22-40
December	8-5-1	41-44	6-2-0	27-17	2-3-1	14-27
January	7-4-0	47-48	4-1-0	29-15	3-3-0	18-33
February	5-8-1	31-46	4-2-1	22-15	1-6-0	9-31
March	5-7-0	51-57	5-3-0	39-32	0-4-0	12-25
April	0-2-0	7-10	0-1-0	5-6	0-1-0	2-4

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